[U-Boot] [RFC/PATCH] jffs2/mtdparts: Fix problem with usage from JFFS2 and MTDPARTS together

Renaud barbier renaud.barbier at ge.com
Mon Jun 1 10:59:16 CEST 2009



Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Stefan Roese,
>
> In message <1242468262-25814-1-git-send-email-sr at denx.de> you wrote:
>   
>> Currently using JFFS2 with MTDPARTS enabled doesn't work. This is because
>> mtdparts_init() is available in both files, cmd_mtdparts.c and
>> cmd_jffs2.c. Please note that in the original cmd_jffs2.c file (before
>> the jffs2/mtdparts command/file split those 2 different versions
>> already existed. So this is nothing new. The main problem is that the
>> variables "current_dev" and "current_partnum" are declared in both
>> files now. This doesn't work.
>>
>> This patch now changes the names of those variable to more specific
>> names: "current_mtd_dev" and "current_mtd_partnum". This is because
>> this patch also changes the declaration from static to global, so
>> that they can be used from both files.
>>
>> Please note that my first tests were not successful. The MTD devices
>> selected via mtdparts are now accessed but I'm failing to see the
>> directory listed via the "ls" command. Nothing is displayed. Perhaps
>> I didn't generate the JFFS2 image correctly (I never used JFFS2 in
>> U-Boot before). Not sure. Perhaps somebody else could take a look at
>> this as well. I'll continue looking into this on Monday.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de>
>> Cc: Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de>
>> Cc: Detlev Zundel <dzu at denx.de>
>> Cc: Ilya Yanok <yanok at emcraft.com>
>> Cc: Renaud barbier <renaud.barbier at ge.com>
>> ---
>> Renaud, you reported this problem on 05-04-2009 [mtdparts and JFFS2]. Could you
>> please take a look at my patch. Does this work for you? Or what else is missing?
>>     
This works for me.
I had the "ls" problem before when current_mtd_dev was not declare global.
This was because as a static current_mtd_dev. was NULL.
>> Thank,
>> Stefan.
>>
>>  common/cmd_jffs2.c    |   44 ++++++++++++++++++-----------
>>  common/cmd_mtdparts.c |   74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
>>  2 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
>>     
>
> Applied to master, thanks.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
>   


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